...imprisonment not exceeding two years, the printing or publishing any false, scandalous, and malicious writings against the Government of the United States, or either House of the Congress, or the President, with intent to defame them, or to bring them into contempt or disrepute, or to excite...

...and imprisoning of any person guilty of printing or publishing " any false, scandalous, and malicious writings against the government of the United States, or either House of Congress, or the President, with intent to defame them, or to bring them into contempt or disrepute."...

...exceeding two years the printing or publishing "of any false and scandalous and malicious writing against the Government of the United States or either house of the Congress or the President, with intent to defame them or bring them into contempt or disrepute, or to excite...

...punishable, under heavy fine and imprisonment, to print or publish any false, scandalous and malicious writings against the Government of the United States, or either House of Congress, or the President, with intent to defame them, or to bring them into contempt or disrepute,...

...section prescribed that the writing, printing, or publishing of any false, scandalous and malicious writings against the government of the United States, or either house of Congress, or the President, with the intent to defame or bring any of them into contempt or disrepute,...

...second declares that the writing, printing, or publishing of" any false, scandalous, and malicious writings " against the government of the United States, or either house of Congress, or the President, with intent to defame or bring any of them into contempt or disrepute,...

...might do and probably would. The sedition act of Congress, July 14, 1798, punished the publication of any "false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings...Government of the United States or either House of Congress or the President," with intent to defame them or to bring them into disrepute, or to excite...

...Republicans faced their political future. This measure— which made it a crime to utter or publish "any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame ... or to bring them into contempt or...

...made it illegal to write, print, or publish "any false, scandalous and malicious writing . . . against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress . . . or the President . . . with the intent to defame ... or to bring them . . . into contempt or...

...any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or published, or shall knowingly and willingly...writings against the government of the United States . . . with intent to defame the said government... or to excite against them ... the hatred of the...